Like any new, long-term experience, college requires a few investments, beyond tuition and books.

Not a lot of easy ones, it turns out, but maybe a few things that matter in ways that go far beyond books.

So far, Amazon.com's only expansion beyond books has been to add music compact disks earlier this year.

Two cramped gift shops, which offer little beyond general books and postcards, are also to be changed.

There cannot be many general booksellers who do not broaden their product range beyond books at certain times of the year.

For those who treasure black culture and American history, what has been lost goes far beyond books.

This collection has a variety of items beyond books.

Shores also came to believe in the importance of media beyond books.

Clearly, the implications of this research go far beyond Amazon or books.

Last year, they expressed skepticism that the company would be able to sell product lines beyond books, music and video.